Moved by
Lord Sandhurst
12: Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 7 and 8 and insert—
“(5) A provider must—
(a) take the steps set out at subsection (1) to secure the academic freedom of—
(i) academic staff, and
(ii) visiting speakers who are academic staff of any other higher education institution; and
(b) not subject any member of academic staff to any detriment (including dismissal) through any act, or deliberate failure to act, done on any ground that the member of academic staff has exercised his or her academic freedom.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to extend academic freedom protection to academic visiting speakers, and to forbid outright any punishment of academics for lawful exercise of academic freedom.